Valve for range oil burners



July 2, 1935. E HlRVONEN 2,007,051

VALVE FOR RANGE OI L BURNERS Filed June 9, 1935 inaavzfor 71: Era 072672 CLQZQM Patented July 2, 1935 I i UNITED STATES PATIENT oF 1=ic1-:,

Eric Hirvonen, Auburn,Mass.,assignor'to Worcester Taper Pin Company,-Worcester, Mass 'a corporation of'Massachusetts Application June 9, 193s, Serial No 675,012 5 Claims. (Cl. 251 -3 1) v y l it's. The present invention relates to a, valve controlled by a: Valve member "1, e inner end struction by which the rate of flow-.of fluid there-i Of which is Cylindrical t form b t ythrough may be carefully metered; th i ti tight sliding fit in the channel 5. The valve is particularly applicable to valves for' use in member I is provided with a conical surface 9 5; range oil burners. forming a seat which engages the annular shoul- In prior devices of this character, the valveis d 9 t casing for positively c t O e formed with a metering slot, the area of which flow of fuel Q between-the inlet an Outlet D ft increases as the valve stem'is turned for opening n t valve i in Closed p s An v of said valve so that the amount of liquid passing wa d y extending Stem II on the valve be through the valve is proportional to the opening has a handle u thereto 35 by n clamping 10;

of said valve and may accordingly b accurately nut l3, and said handle has an indicating portion adjusted. Although this type of valve is entirely 4 wh c ope s w t indicia o'na satisfactory during the operation of an oil burner, fiang] 5 forming a p Of t Casing r it does not provide for rapid filling of the base of e Va v Stem is provided Substantially the burner with fuel oil for igniting of said burner Way Of its length With an enlarged d d p without the necessity for turning said valve a; tion It w c engages w a i te na ly threadsubstantial amount beyond the normal maximum edpo on H o the Casing l at the right a opening thereof. It is accordingly the principal end of the chamber 6. Beyond the threadedporobject of the present invention to provide a valve tion lBthd Stem Passes through Packing T8 construction by which the flow of liquid therewhich is positioned in an annular recess 20 inthe 20 through may be metered up to a predetermined casing between packing rings 2| and 22, the latter maximum point and thereafter by a slight furbeing retained'in position by an internally threadther opening of the valve to provide for a. greatly ed cap 23. Said cap has an opening 24 thereincreased flow of fluid. Other objects and adthrough for thevalve stem H and the threaded" vantages of the invention, and the structureby portion'thereof engages an externally threaded 25 which the invention is carried out, will more fully portion 25 of the casing. pp a f o th l w g detailed. description The cylindrical portion ID of the valve member taken in connection with the accompanying whichis'received in thehorizontal channel} has drawing, in which: 1 J m h a V-shaped notch 26 therein withthe, point of Fig; 1 is a sectional view through a valve em said notchcoinciding with the inner edge of the 30 b y the t on. V valve seat 91, said notch increasing in cross sec- Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional tionalareafrom the point thereof to the end of view withthe valve in open position showing the the cylindrical portion l 0 of the valve member. metering structure of the valve. The point of said notch also coincides, when the Fig. 3 is a sectional view substantially along the valveis in closed position, with the shoulder 8 35 line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the at the end of the channel 5. Said notch, by its arrows. varying area, provides a metering slot by which Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illusthe flow of oil from the inlet port into the chamtrating a modified form of valve member. ber 6 is controlled, so that the amount of fuel oil 40 Like reference characters refer to like parts in ente ng a d chamber is p p o a to he 40 the different figures. angular opening movement of the valve member.

Referring to Fig. 1, the device comprises a The cylindrical portion of the valve member also valve casing I having an inlet port 2 connected has an annular groove 21 formed therein in by a conduit, not shown, to a source of fuel oil. spaced relation to the valve seat 9', said groove The casing I has an outlet port 3 connected by a intersecting the V-shaped notch 26, as best indi- 5 pipe 4 to a burner, not shown, in a suitable heater cated in Fig. 2. 1 or range. A horizontal channel 5 in the casing The valve member is in closed position in Fig. 1. provides a fluid connection between the inlet As the valve stem is turned, the cooperating port 2 and a chamber 6 in said casing which conthreaded portions 16 and I! procure axial movenects with the outlet port. An annular groove I ment of said member to the right, thereby sep- 50 in the casing at the chamber end of the channel arating the valve seat 9 from the shoulder 9 5 and larger in diameter than said channel proand permitting fluid to flow from the inlet port vides spaced annular shoulders 8 and 9 of difthrough the metering notch 26, the latter being ferent diameters at the end of said channel, and withdrawn from within the channel 5 and openthe flow of fuel oil through the channel 5 is coning into the recess 1 as the valve is opened. As

the valve stem is turned to a greater extent, the area of the notch opening to the right of the shoulder 8 increases to a maximum at which time the right hand surface 28 of the annular groove 21 is in alinement with the annular shoulder 3. In this position of the valve member, which is preferably indicated on the flange l5 as the Open position, Fig. 3, the flow of fuel. oil is still controlled by the metering notch. A slight additional turning movement of the valve stem in the same direction to the Flood position will then open the entire periphery of the groove 21 to the recess 1 and thus to the chamber 6 as indicated in Fig. 2, thereby greatly increasing the flow of fluid into said chamber. Further opening movement of the valve member from the flooding position of Fig. 2, is preferably limited byengagement of the enlarged portion 16 of the valve stem with the packing ring 2 I.

When the above described valve construction is used in connection with an oil burner, the metering notch 26 provides for accurate control of the amount of fuel oil entering the base of the burner during the operation of said burner, since the amount of oil passing through said notch is proportional to the angular opening of the valve memberas indicated by the indicating portion IA of the handle. For starting a burner, however, it is desirable to fill the base of the 1 burner with oil and the present valve construction provides for rapid filling of the base by a slight turning movement of the valve stem beyond the maximum metering opening thereof.

After the burner is lighted, a very slight closing of the valve again permits the amount of fuel oil flowing to said burner to be accurately metered.

Referring now to Fig. 4, instead of a flooding groove extending entirely around the periphery of the cylindrical valve portion l0, substantially the same result can be obtained bythe'provision of a slot 29 intersecting the metering notch 26.

having a cylindrical channel therein and a valve While the slot 29 will not permit of as rapid flooding of the burner as with the groove 21, it will be sufllcient for certain types of burners, and obviously the depth of the slot 29 may be varied to give the desired flooding efiect;

I claim,

1. In a valve construction, a valve casing having a cylindrical channel therein, a valve member having a cylindrical portion engaging said channel, said portion having'a metering notch therein, said notch varying uniformly in crosssectional area longitudinally of the axis of said cylindrical portion, said notch being opened for a flow of fluid through said notch by a longitudinal movement of said valve member in said channel, said portion also having a flooding groove intersecting said notch in a plane transverse to the axis of said valve.

2. In a valve construction, a valve casing having a cylindrical channel therein, a valve member having a cylindrical portion engaging said channel, said portion having a metering notch therein, said notch varying uniformly in crosssectional area longitudinally of the axis of said cylindrical portion, said notch being opened for a flow of fluid through said notch by a longitudinal movement of said valve member in said channel, said portion also having an annular groove in tersecting said notch in spaced relation to the end of said notch.

3. In a valve construction, a valve casing having inlet and outlet ports and a channel connecting said ports, a valve member in said channel having a metering notch therein, said notch varying uniformly in cross-sectional area longitudinally of the axis of said valve member, said notch being opened for a flow of fluid through said notch by a longitudinal movement of said valve member in said channel, said member also having an annular groove intersecting said notch in spaced relation to the end of said notch.

4. In a valve construction, a casing member having a channel therein, a valve member engaging said channel, one of said members having a metering notch therein, the latter varying in cross-sectional area throughout the length thereof and being opened for a flow of fluid through said notch by a relative longitudinal movement of said valve member in said channel, the member having the notch also having an annular groove intersecting said notch in spaced relation to the end thereof.

'5. In a valve construction, a casing member seat at one end of said channel, a valve member engaging said channel and having an annular valve surface thereon cooperating with the valve seat in the casing member when said valve member is seated, said valve member having a metering notch therein, with the end of said notch coinciding substantially with the edge of the valve surface on said valve member, the latter also having an annular groove intersecting said notch in spaced relation to the end thereof.

ERIC HIRVONEN. 

